Section 17 Amendment of law as to the acquisition of land.F1

that the said Act does not apply to the determination of a dispute as to the amount of compensation payable on the withdrawal of a notice to treat under subsection (8) of section thirty-nine of the principal Act;

that the said Act has not affected the power of the Minister under paragraphs (5) F4... of Part I of the First Schedule to the principal Act to give directions with respect to the hearing of F5... expert witnesses ... , and that any directions so given ... apply to arbitrations before an official arbitrator both when assessing the compensation in the case of the compulsory purchase of land and when assessing the rent or other compensation to be paid in the case of the compulsory hiring of land.